NTI Folx Tales 2026
About Folx Tales
Folx Tales is a recurring, in-person gathering hosted by the Narrative Therapy Initiative (NTI), created to link lives and grow community around the Narrative Worldview. It is a conference rooted in a desire to relate to one another — and to our work — from our hearts, not only through academic ideas or prescribed methods.
The 2026 gathering is a two-day immersion into narrative therapy and community work. Participants are invited into rich narrative conversations while exploring preferred ways of bringing narrative ideas into the varied contexts where they live, work, love, and resist.
Conference Themes
This year’s gathering is oriented around Solidarity, Radical Tenderness, and Relational Rigor — ethics we hold as essential in responding to the violence and dehumanization shaping our current moment.
Drawing inspiration from writers, artists, activists, and community organizers, including Vanessa Machado de Oliveira, we hold this question:
“What if collective healing will be made possible precisely by facing — together — the end of the world as we know it?”
Folx Tales is an invitation to face such questions side-by-side.
Learning Objectives
We intentionally re-imagine what learning objectives can mean. Rather than prescribing uniform outcomes, our collective hope is that participants may leave with:
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A deepened experience of the Narrative Worldview
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Experiences of solidarity grounded in shared ethics and values
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Greater appreciation for relational approaches to meaning-making
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Lived experiences of listening rooted in resonance rather than evaluation
We hope participants leave with a richer story about why they value work that is often challenging, and renewed energy for reflection and action.
What to Expect
Folx Tales is shaped by the people who attend and the times we are living in. What remains consistent is our commitment to creating a connective, spacious environment where participants feel welcomed and cared for.
The gathering typically includes narrative teaching and practice, collaborative interviews, shared reflection, creative expression, and moments of rest and movement. And yes — we will be continuing our beloved hootenanny tradition.
Our Orientation
At the heart of Folx Tales is a belief that resistance exists wherever there is oppression, that narrative practices help surface and honor these responses, and that community and resonance-based listening open new possibilities for relating.
Folx Tales is an invitation into collective world-making — imagining together how we want to live, respond, and build in this moment and beyond.
More details, including session descriptions and the full schedule, will be shared soon.
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